ARGENTINIAN PROGRESS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND E-COMMERCE

The partial deregulation and privatization of telecommunications began in Argentina in the early 1990s. While Argentina has privatized some portions of its telecommunications sector, it has yet to make this sector fully competitive. Currently, Argentina provides Internet access over cable lines, and increased its business-grade Internet connections by 9.4 per cent in 2006.

The following questions have been addressed in this article:

How have the privatization of the Argentinean telecom sector and the deregulation of telecom services in Argentina paved the way for growth in e-commerce?How did the telecommunications framework develop in Argentina over the past decade?What regulatory obstacles stand in the way of the development of Internet services in Argentina?